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  • Driver killed in Shawano accident

    A 75-year-old man was killed Monday when a vehicle struck a tree in Shawano County, the sheriff's office said. A 46-year-old woman driving the vehicle was injured in the crash, reported shortly after noon in the village of Bonduel, the sheriff's office said. Module type name is JSO Mod-Script ...

  • Elderly woman beaten at her home in Milwaukee

    MILWAUKEE - It’s a senseless crime: a 71-year-old woman savagely attacked as she was sharing the gospel on her front porch. Police report a man hit her in the head with a metal object, and then ran off into the night. Betty Hernandez was standing on her front porch when a man attacked her. The suspect in this vicious attack is still on the loose. Now the victim is in the hospital ...

  • Inspector general to review flawed Milwaukee ATF sting

    A Journal Sentinel investigation uncovered mistakes and failures in an undercover sting in Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives – stolen guns, sensitive documents lost, wrong people charged and a burglary of the sting ...

  • Family grieves bicyclist hit by SUV in New Berlin

    Whitnall High School students grieve after classmate killed in bike crash NEW BERLIN- Fifteen seconds of silence for number 15. Whitnall High School soccer team honored their teammate Monday night. "We wanted to be here to support the team and for Brittany," said Mel Mickey, Brittany Barnstable’s grandfather. Whitnall freshman Brittany Barnstable ...

  • Wausau Paper finalizes deal to sell 2 Wis. mills

    KPS Capital Partners LP, a New York private equity firm, has agreed to acquire the Rhinelander and Mosinee paper mills from Wausau Paper and the Kaukauna and De Pere mills from Thilmany ...

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Unbreakable [Blu-Ray]

Unbreakable [Blu-Ray]

There was no way for M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable to avoid comparisons to his previous film, The Sixth Sense, which surprised everyone in the summer of 1999 by becoming the 10th highest all-time domestic box-office earner and garnering six Academy Award nominations, inc ... ...

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  • Wisconsin UW-Madison student arrested in dorm fire

    MADISON, Wis. -- University of Wisconsin-Madison Police have arrested a 19-year-old student for allegedly setting fire to a bulletin board in a residence hall. Police responded to fire alarms in Sellery Hall early Saturday and determined the source was a bulletin board on the ninth floor of the B Tower in the residence hall. University police interviewed witnesses and arrested a male student. ...

  • Milwaukee bra ban overturned

    Holler House Tavern was decorated with hundreds of bras left by female patrons for nearly half a century, until a Milwaukee, Wisc., city inspector decided that the sartorial decor constituted a fire hazard. "We've had bras hanging here for 45 years. It's been a charm of the place," Holler House Tavern owner Marcy Skowronski, ...

  • Caterpillar Milwaukee workers union to resume contract talks

    CHICAGO | Mon May 20, 2013 7:48pm EDT CHICAGO May 20 (Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc said late on Monday that it would resume contract talks with the union representing about 800 Milwaukee workers who make specialized mining machinery. The company said the two sides would reconvene on Thursday, May 23, ending a two-week hiatus in discussions. The existing contract covering the workers, who ...

  • Butterflies arrivals in Wisconsin are running very late

    Judith Huf has spent much of this spring watching birds when what she really wants to watch are butterflies. This spring butterflies have been late to the party in Wisconsin with few of the fluttering stained-glass window-paned creatures making an appearance yet. "It's been very discouraging," said Huf, who compiled the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center's butterfly checklist. ...

  • Two Milwaukee men charged in double drive-through bank robbery

    As if robbing a bank from the drive-through window weren't audacious enough, two Milwaukee men charged in such a heist apparently tried to double their take, and victims' confusion, by using two matching cars. Weirder yet, it almost worked. The thieves made off with about $6,000 before they were caught. According to a criminal complaint issued Monday: A drive-through teller at ...

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